The Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan is among a handful of labs around the world cleared to handle dangerous viruses that pose a high risk of person-to-person transmission. Photo: AFP
The coronavirus, the Chinese lab and the attempts to connect the two
- Unsubstantiated theories linking the new pathogen to a Wuhan virus institute keep coming back to life despite debunking from mainstream science
- The laboratory contributed to the genome sequencing and identification of the virus in January
The Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan is among a handful of labs around the world cleared to handle dangerous viruses that pose a high risk of person-to-person transmission. Photo: AFP